or is the administrative centre of Evenes Municipality in Nordland county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

is located along the shore of the

Ofotfjorden Ofotfjord ( or ) is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjord is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum depth of . ...

, about northeast of the village of Liland. The

European route E10 European route E10 is the second shortest Class A road which is part of the International E-road network. It begins in Å, Norway and ends in Luleå, Sweden. The road is about 850 km (530 mi) in length. The Norwegian part of the ...

highway passes through the village. Bogen Chapel is located in this village. The village has a population (2018) of 395 which gives the village a

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of . Historically, Bogen is most notable for small-scale iron ore mining in the early 20th century as well as being a German naval base during

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, including for the German battleship ''Tirpitz'' and the heavy cruiser ''Admiral Hipper''.

Media gallery

Bogen kapell.jpg, Bogen chapel, March 2008 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J19316, Norwegen, Schlachtschiff, Zerstörer.jpg, ''Tirpitz'', escorted by several destroyers, steaming in the Bogenfjord in October 1942 Bogen - Evenes (5).jpg, Bogen - Evenes (2).jpg,

References

Evenes Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway {{Nordland-geo-stub